Cubs (Imanaga) vs Brewers (Peralta): 7/30/25, 1:10pm

[chibears55]

W..

Let hope this ends up being that pivotal game that gets the Cubs rolling and the Brewers skidding...

You're up Jed, go get a couple difference makers now.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Way to kick their horsefeathers asses and get some RD space back

[Hortonhearsawho]

Sweep averted. Now go get some reinforcements and beat up on some Orioles. 

[cubfansince77]

Great game today....Imanaga didn't set the world on fire but it was a solid enough effort IMO. Keller with 2 strong innings and plenty of offense. As I said last night, pressure was ON to win this game. Might be biggest win of the year thus far: leave town only down 1 at this point. I'll take it. 

[squally1313]

The pathetic, gutless Cubs somehow, miraculously improve their season record against the clearly superior, transcendent Brewers to 3-3, with the remaining 5 games of the season series coming at home. 

[gflore34]

3 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Way to kick their horsefeathers asses and get some RD space back

Can't wait for tomorrows article pumping up the Brewers superiority.

[squally1313]

But honestly, what a dumb, annoying series. I clear out my night Monday and Tuesday to watch some intense, playoff atmosphere baseball and get hit with Ryno and the Andrew Vaughn show, and then today I'm running around all afternoon at work and am limited to checking the box score every 10 minutes and firing off snarky comments here while they dominate. 

[mul21]

I wonder if the Brewers are starting to get a little concerned about Peralta.  That's 3 consecutive starts where he hasn't been able to locate and hasn't gotten past the 5th inning.

[gflore34]

9 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

The pathetic, gutless Cubs somehow, miraculously improve their season record against the clearly superior, transcendent Brewers to 3-3, with the remaining 5 games of the season series coming at home. 

Including 3-3 in Milwaukee.  But, I mean, come on, didn't you know Andrew Vaughn is the greatest trade acquisition ever?  7 hits, 10 K's for those transcendent Brewers today.

Edited July 30, 2025 by gflore34

[Geographyhater8888]

I was on team trade Tucker after yesterday. Now after today’s win I’m all in on trading for a starting pitcher. 

Edited July 30, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[BKHoo]

Colossal win. The difference between this and getting swept is huge, especially emotionally. 

[cubfansince77]

12 minutes ago, mul21 said:

I wonder if the Brewers are starting to get a little concerned about Peralta.  That's 3 consecutive starts where he hasn't been able to locate and hasn't gotten past the 5th inning.

Funny you post that....as I'm re-watching the game on MLB (missed it earlier) it strikes me that they could absolutely deal him. They have a deep rotation and he's been very solid for a long time but you can't tell me someone like the Yankees or Dodgers wouldn't overpay for him and it would be very Brewer-like to scoop up a couple stud prospects for a guy who COULD be on the down slope. 

[javy knows my name]

I'm really thrilled with PCA's game today. He took some pitches and wasn't selling out for power and it showed. That single on the curve in the zone was really beautiful. And he did it without the adrenaline rush of having to make a great place in CF. His BA is.comfortably in the 270s now and if he has games like this occasionally he's going to keep his value up and stay in the 4 spot even when not hitting for exceptional power

Edited July 30, 2025 by javy knows my name

[JHBulls]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

I too choose to wind up frustrated by the half inning in which they scored 3 runs to to extend their lead to 5. It increases my enjoyment of the game. 

After 700+ hours of watching Cubs baseball every year, whatever helps. Heck, this is me if I’ve been watching a game for 3 hours and the closer blows a save

[cubfansince77]

29 minutes ago, javy knows my name said:

I'm really thrilled with PCA's game today. He took some pitches and wasn't selling out for power and it showed. That single on the curve in the zone was really beautiful. And he did it without the adrenaline rush of having to make a great place in CF. His BA is.comfortably in the 270s now and if he has games like this occasionally he's going to keep his value up and stay in the 4 spot even when not hitting for exceptional power

The guy is improving by leaps and bounds from game to game. His approach and execution are excellent and the results are showing that. The fact CC hits him cleanup at this point of his development is so damn impressive. 

[Soul]

Love how Shota bounced back and the Cubs got to Peralta.  Hanging 5 ER’s on him was cathartic 

[The_Achiever]

Such a big deal to be down only 1 game vs. 3.  Huge win today.  

[Wilson A2000]

If Ballesteros gets hot, I wonder if Happ could be moved to the 4th OF and let Seiya play LF

[gflore34]

Guess which team leads all of baseball in road wins? Hint it's not the Brewers.

[PeanutPunch33]

Ballesteros had the hit of the game.  Bases loaded double changed everything.  Cubs never looked back after that.  

[DrCub]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

The pathetic, gutless Cubs somehow, miraculously improve their season record against the clearly superior, transcendent Brewers to 3-3, with the remaining 5 games of the season series coming at home. 

I see what you did there….

[BigSlick]

Cubs, good job doing the bare minimum and averting disaster. I expect you to do better in that 5 game series later this year.

 

good to see some of our big boppers have some good games. Let it continue. 

[Nolansomebody]

SO NOW YOU SCORE RUNS!?

Well, we didn’t get swept and we’re only a game back of the division lead, so not bad.